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Wild Things’ ace Kobe Foster threw a complete game no-hitter Friday night at EQT Park, the franchise’s fourth all-time no-hitter as the Wild Things down New Jersey, 12-0. Foster struck out  a club-record 14 batters to notch his second-straight shutout to join Jason Hickman, Adam Palmer and Matt Sergey with no-hitters for the Wild Things. Sergey no-no was a perfect game on August 24, 2014. Foster has allowed just 20 hits in 43.2 innings while holding opponents to three earned runs in six starts.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Owen Caissie had a two-run double to cap a four-run seventh inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory. Sandy Alcantara (6-4) won for the third time in three starts in June, working eight innings. He gave up three runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking one. Tied at 2 going into the seventh, the Marlins scored four runs off reliever Wilber Dotel (1-2). Xavier Edwards brought home the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, Heriberto Hernandez had an RBI single and Caissie broke it open with his double off the fence in center. Liam Hicks added a two-run homer in the eighth.

Back-to-back doubles by Keira Drilak & Lauren Rush gave Chartiers-Houston a 1-0 lead two batters into the game but the Bucs never crossed the plate again as Laurel won its first-ever PIAA softball championship, 7-1, Friday afternoon. Rush reached third with nobody out but the Bucs couldn’t score her. In the third, CHHS got runners to 2nd & 3rd with one out but stranded both. Laurel’s Riley Balcom allowed just one base runner the rest of the way. The Spartans used a pair of hit batters and two singles to score three in the bottom of the third, then a couple more free passes helped Laurel score three more times in the sixth.  Chartiers-Houston was looking for its first PIAA title since 2010. The Bucs dropped to 1-6 in softball state championship games.

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PIAA Softball Championship Softball Brackets
2A Laurel > Chartiers-Houston, 7-1,  Listen Here

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. has opened its first home World Cup in 32 years with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay. Folarin Balogun scored twice in the Americans’ historic three-goal first half. Christian Pulisic had an assist in a stellar playmaking performance for the Americans, who enthralled their Southern California fans with an aggressive attack while streaking to a 3-0 halftime lead. Gio Reyna ripped another goal in the dying moments of second-half injury time, giving the Americans four goals in a World Cup match for the first time. The U.S. scored only three goals combined in Qatar four years ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Throngs of UFC fans have descended on the nation’s capital for an unusual fight night at the White House. The Sunday night event is marking both America’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. Fans from as far away as Australia are in Washington for the spectacle. Polling shows UFC fans skew male and nonwhite, with more identifying as Republicans, but the crowd near the Lincoln Memorial for a news conference with the fights on Friday night was diverse. Trump has billed this weekend as “the greatest show on earth.” A watchdog group tried to stop it with a lawsuit and says the event is a corrupt use of national monuments.